Newcastle Futures LtdJill SimpsonPartnership Manager

Newcastle FuturesNewcastle Futures Who are they?key roles in cityHow the Employability Services WorkNewcastle Futures PartnershipWhy - build closer relationship between Employment and Housing personnel

Key Element Strategic Co-ordination

Management, citywide resource, information, funding support

Collaborative approach with partners using same funds. Joint delivery planning.

Co-ordination of engagement activity

Shared database

Key ElementCentral Delivery Function

Outreach venuesCustomer Case ManagementPersonal Action PlanDiagnostic toolCross ReferralsWiden access to a full range of job and career opportunitiesFlexible Fund

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WhyFacts.70% of social housing tenants are in receipt of a benefit.Hills ReviewIf someone is on Incapacity Benefit for more than 1yr they are more likely to retire or die than start work.Children born into workless families are 80% more likely to live in poverty.

Why build closer relationshipsOne customer - different needsCustomers access Housing offices for supportImproved access to customerEmployment will reduce rent arrears and avoid loss of tenancyBetter local integrated local services but retains expertise from separate organisations.

This is based on an actual radio conversation between a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier (U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln) and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations on10/10/95 authorized by the Freedom of Information Act.) Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid collision. Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North avoid a collision. Canadians: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees the South to avoid a collision. Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course. Canadians: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course. Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREEDESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORTVESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH--I SAY AGAIN, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH--OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP. Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call

***Case Management Strategy

Standards*Believe a person is a whole and all partners need to work together to help with customers multiple barriers therefore essential to have a diverse partnership and encourage a collaborative approach.**

Newcastle has 65% of all Tyne and Wear lone parents on Income Support.There are approx 3 times as many residents on IB than JSAOverlay this with health indicators of life expectancy, addictions and obesity

If you consider these facts it makes sense for us to consider how we can work together to reduce the inequalities

Since April 2007 NFL has registered 211 customers and helped 74 customers into work.

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Newcastle has 65% of all Tyne and Wear lone parents on Income Support.There are approx 3 times as many residents on IB than JSAOverlay this with health indicators of life expectancy, addictions and obesity

If you consider these facts it makes sense for us to consider how we can work together to reduce the inequalities

Since April 2007 NFL has registered 211 customers and helped 74 customers into work.

Good news story in pack

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